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Hi All, Getting back to this one, I built up a sort of dry dock from Lego Bricks to hold the hull form while I add the "stuffing" to it. Using the bricks to more or less follow the contours of the upside down hull for now and support it ensures that it will continue to be straight as it...

Hi All, Back for the second installment for this entry to the thread. I cut out a second set of rails, trimmed them up and then edge colored them as well as went over the face and bottom sides to insure that the pieces were all uniform in color. Using a disassembled prescription bottle top I...

Cool, I was familiar with some of the river barges that were used to provide AA protection to bridges and manufacturing sites along waterways at the time, but had never seen any landing craft outfitted in this manner.

Nice clean work on your hull, looking forward to the rest of this one. Who makes the model?

Hi Zathros, Oh yeah, I know about getting sensitized to some of that stuff, nothing like a catalyst burn or some of the other stuff that you can get into with modern composites. I was doing some checking through the threads here in "Ships & Watercraft" and did find that Padre has done a very...

Man, that is a whole lotta work laying all those in and keeping them nice and straight and even, nice work is right. This is going to be a deluxe looking Riverboat when you get it completed.

Hi Zathros, No foam, cardboard strips on the bottom glued in place after trimming to fit and then balsa wood which is easier to sand and you don't get the air bubbles that happen with most foam fillers that I have seen. Another issue with foam is that it sometimes requires some sort of a...

Hi Zathros, I usually fill the hull form first so that I have a stiffer structure to work with that doesn't get deformed as I tend to handle it quite a bit in building them the way that I do. Once filled in and sanded down I start by adding the bottom "Red Lead" covered plates first. Then...

Hi All, Beginning another installment to this one, ths time on another small detail part that is found on ship models, depth charge racks. Some model kits will provide one option some times two. As these are found on older kits, they were mostly flat printed fold up types that relied on...

Thanks Michael and Zathros, I have managed to get the lower former assembled and attached them both to the horzontal former to make up the hull form. Once I get them to this point I like to let it sit up over night for the glue to get nice and dry. While I have done my best to keep things...

Hi fokawe, I know I am a little late on this one, but getting to check out the building process and how you constructed this beauty was excellent. Being an "N" scale railroad enthusiast cultivated my interest in checking it out and I am glad that I did. Gets my fingers all itchy to try my...

Cool, just in time for the upcoming holiday too, thanks.

Hi Zathros, Uh, gee, you mean you aren't yet?:mrgreen: Just like most things, prices won't be going down. :curse: That is why I like this place, lots of free kits that folks have generously provided for people to try their hand at to learn on all the way up to some that rival the...

WOW! I just found this one and your work is truly awesome. Overcoming all these little problems just keeps moving the build along to more impressive detailing. Looking forward to watching this all come together.

Hi VB, Ya' snuck in on me. Actually if you are wanting to build a HMS Campbeltown, you can use the 1/200 scale GPM #309 kit. It is a very nice one like most current GPM kits.

Hi All, I finally got all the slicing and dicing done to the vertical long forms and sections so now I can begin to assemble the hull form itself. Taking your time to trim this as closely as you can so you can have a good start to the model is important. I started with the horizontal...

Cool, I like the old WWI birds. While operating features are nice, doing them in the small scale is not as easy as it would seem. Looking forward to seeing what you do for the ribbing effect. I have done a number of them for my own on various aircraft in larger scales.

Hi Zathros, Sure can : http://www.gremirmodels.com/uss_selfridge.htm Between what is available in my chosen ship modeling scale of 1/200, this one, the Fletcher Class, the Wickes Class (USS Ward) and the Gearing Class are the four that are available that I know of from the WWII period from...

Hi All, I noticed some of the links to the Sci Fi BSG pages were not working, coming in as 404 errors. Here is a link to the current pages. http://www.syfy.com/battlestar/photos Enjoy

Hi All, Since I am winding down the current build of one ship model it is time to get underway with the next one. I have chosen the USS Selfridge DD 357, a Porter Class Destroyer. She was laid down in the New York Shipbuilding Yard at Camden, NJ, December 18,1933; the same day and place as...